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and what drove this episode in the obama administration. i want to open that up to everybody. >> first of all very important clarification i literally wrote the speech, it was not about afghanistan it was a were against al-qaeda. afghanistan future probably. it's totally fair. the reason is important is because it describes and informs the decision-making that he pursues because essentially he viewed afghanistan when we did the surge, by the way i did not think was the right thing to do at the time i was pretty young. looking back i don't think the surge at that level was the right decision. it's not me blanket defendingpl things. to understand what we did in afghanistan we had a review in the summer and fall of 2009 and peter whitley wrote the story, the first thing he decided in the review was our objective in afghanistan was to defeat al-qaeda, not to defeatn. the taliban. this was the central point of tension in terms of him putting limits on the surge, him setting a timeline because he was persuaded at that moment, we come into 2009 an
and what drove this episode in the obama administration. i want to open that up to everybody. >> first of all very important clarification i literally wrote the speech, it was not about afghanistan it was a were against al-qaeda. afghanistan future probably. it's totally fair. the reason is important is because it describes and informs the decision-making that he pursues because essentially he viewed afghanistan when we did the surge, by the way i did not think was the right thing to do...
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you are in the obama administration. did you support him? were you working the campaign for then vice president biden? or did you work for somebody else? brian: [laughs] for most of that time i was busy. i had a job, i had a family. anytime anyone called i would offer -- david: when did you actually get involved with the biden people? was it after he won the election, did they ask you to help with the transition? brian: i helped with volunteering to develop some elements of the platform during 2020 that came together in his general election economic policy. david: white house staff jobs are notoriously long-houred, and you have two little children. so how do you manage your time, and how come you have no gray hair as a result of working these long hours? in two administrations? brian: [laughs] if the camera gets close enough, you will see some. it is a constant challenge and i it's and i don't have particular wisdom or insight into how to answer it, other than needing to be extremely efficient with the time that you have. hire great staff an
you are in the obama administration. did you support him? were you working the campaign for then vice president biden? or did you work for somebody else? brian: [laughs] for most of that time i was busy. i had a job, i had a family. anytime anyone called i would offer -- david: when did you actually get involved with the biden people? was it after he won the election, did they ask you to help with the transition? brian: i helped with volunteering to develop some elements of the platform during...
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nobody was in the obama administration. he is a different person is a e different way of briefing him there's a different way of making sure he has what he needs. if you are chief of staff you have to be focused on what the president needs. you cannot be locked to a t structure that does not serve the president. you have to make sure the president -- i worked for two presidents who could reach hundreds of pages at night. not every president can. that doesn't mean they can make a decision. in my view you need to see with whatthe president needs and desn the process. that is never good if the team doesn't feel they are part of it. the team has to ultimately execute. they have to be out there in public, they have to be on the hill. the cabin has to be doing at the iwhite house staff has to be doing that. if you have a practice that leaves people feeling this was done to them it doesn't usually play out well. when you have a president who is not going to spend the time necessarily with everyone puts a lot of burden on the chief
nobody was in the obama administration. he is a different person is a e different way of briefing him there's a different way of making sure he has what he needs. if you are chief of staff you have to be focused on what the president needs. you cannot be locked to a t structure that does not serve the president. you have to make sure the president -- i worked for two presidents who could reach hundreds of pages at night. not every president can. that doesn't mean they can make a decision. in my...
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it's not just, didn't start in the obama administration. second term of the clinton administration we did an awful lot with the pin. it was not a concept that was invented. it came out of an increasing partisanship gridlock in congress. the answer isck how detects the gridlock in congress, not how to stop all government from functioning? in the absence of a congress that is legislating you can't ignore all the problems. you can't overstep the bounds either which is why the debate about where the boundaries are we thought it was important, not sure all administration take a similar view that those boundaries actually matter. we didn't want to cross the boundaries. wewe really wanted to do thingse thought were constitutional and legal. but if yout get into situation where a president sayss awful against the wall and maybe it won't go to court, that's pretty dangerous. i think were at the time now where we've only seen some experimentation on that. >> rich? >> we talked about this shift in the way policymaking is being done under theto obama a
it's not just, didn't start in the obama administration. second term of the clinton administration we did an awful lot with the pin. it was not a concept that was invented. it came out of an increasing partisanship gridlock in congress. the answer isck how detects the gridlock in congress, not how to stop all government from functioning? in the absence of a congress that is legislating you can't ignore all the problems. you can't overstep the bounds either which is why the debate about where...
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i could not tell you the first thing about healthcare policy in the obama administration. the president and a select few advisors around the president had to do all of this every single day. they go into the situation room and i think sometimes we forget and it is important for us to drill down and understand pieces of it but the context of this other stuff going on is, it is important for us to stop and remember that that is one reason why i keep coming back to this idea of obama as a democrat coming in and we talk about this incredible set of events around the economics crisis, the inheriting afghanistan war, but has its own objectives knowing. was at the west wing where they said the president received 18 months? the presidency at 18 months. if you want to get anything done. as so i think we have to think about, this review is coming. if you could ask president xi is when you have to make the decision, the worst possible time. i actually am curious. i have always wanted to ask ben this very question. how much -- if you study the vietnam war, lyndon johnson says the quie
i could not tell you the first thing about healthcare policy in the obama administration. the president and a select few advisors around the president had to do all of this every single day. they go into the situation room and i think sometimes we forget and it is important for us to drill down and understand pieces of it but the context of this other stuff going on is, it is important for us to stop and remember that that is one reason why i keep coming back to this idea of obama as a democrat...
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i mean, you're you know, the obama administration's operating under that shadow. and may professor, this is maybe a bit more for you. but i also i think for mr. rhodes as well, thinking about what are the roots of that, right. i think back to the democratic party is the party of secession and the cultural outs as having to try to prove they're sort of like you kind of patriotic bona fides. but i'd be curious that's my snapshot. why i do democratic nonintervention pay such heavier political price than republican noninterventionist. so this is what my book is about and i even know if i've after working on it for many years, i'm i it still puzzles me right. i find that the data are very clear that the republican ownership of the national issue that the democrats from you look at a single question asked by gallup like who which party is better to to help to do well in protecting security. i forget what the formulation is, but it are terrorism, international threats. the democrats have a brief window at the nader of the iraq war where they tie the republicans and i thi
i mean, you're you know, the obama administration's operating under that shadow. and may professor, this is maybe a bit more for you. but i also i think for mr. rhodes as well, thinking about what are the roots of that, right. i think back to the democratic party is the party of secession and the cultural outs as having to try to prove they're sort of like you kind of patriotic bona fides. but i'd be curious that's my snapshot. why i do democratic nonintervention pay such heavier political...
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and michelle obama's work and legacy is first administration's foreign policies. so my name is charlie reardon, i have the privilege of serving as provost here at hofstra university and i want to welcome you to day two of the barack obama conference. very exciting, very engaging, inspiring and very much thought provoking in day one, and thought to be all of those and more. i want to start by welcoming some special guests, before i turn it over to paul fritz and the panel and the special guests include students from komack high school, at cne program. and we're so excited to have the students here with us. you heard yesterday a lot of the perspective of panelists in terms of how impactful the obama administration and tenure was to the lifetime of people who really consciousness was raised during that administration. so we're really excited from today's panel, which will start off with foreign policy and driving in just off the top of my head. i was thinking about sort of reenergized by yesterday's conversation and all of the things that the obama administration had
and michelle obama's work and legacy is first administration's foreign policies. so my name is charlie reardon, i have the privilege of serving as provost here at hofstra university and i want to welcome you to day two of the barack obama conference. very exciting, very engaging, inspiring and very much thought provoking in day one, and thought to be all of those and more. i want to start by welcoming some special guests, before i turn it over to paul fritz and the panel and the special guests...
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and what sort of drove this episode in the obama administration. i want to open that up to everybody. >> first of all i think a very important clarification is that i literally wrote the speech entitled the war we need to win. it was not about afghanistan, it was about the war against al qaeda. afghanistan was featured prominently. it is totally fair. but the reason that is important, is because it actually describes and informs the decision-making that he then pursues. because essentially he viewed afghanistan, when we did the search, which, by the way, i did not think it was the right thing to do at the time but i was pretty young. but i think looking back i don't think the search at that level was the right decision. this is not me blanket defending things. but to understand what we did in afghanistan, we had this rebuke in the summer and fall of 2009. and peter, you may have been the reporter that, we wrote the story that inflamed, i think of the pentagon. which was, the first thing he decided in that was that our objective in afghanistan was t
and what sort of drove this episode in the obama administration. i want to open that up to everybody. >> first of all i think a very important clarification is that i literally wrote the speech entitled the war we need to win. it was not about afghanistan, it was about the war against al qaeda. afghanistan was featured prominently. it is totally fair. but the reason that is important, is because it actually describes and informs the decision-making that he then pursues. because...
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i was very honored and excited to join the obama administration. i actually stayed for the entire 8 years. but when i went over initially to work on wounded warrior issues and then bought, moved around and ended up working on the suicide prevention office and then got moved again and again and again and just some extra, you know, that's the life of the political appointee. but it was at the defend suicide prevention office that i made my disclosures and, and that's when things really went sideways for me. mm hm. so you are at the pentagon and you finally feel comfortable. tell us what it was that you saw that made you uncomfortable for that 1st time. what was the nature of your initial whistle blowing? yeah, so, you know, it doesn't take long to be at the pentagon and realize how complex and complicated things can be over there. in d, m, i was learning a lot about contracts and programs, and i had known a lot about how to manage and how budget's operated because of my experience is on the hill, the difference between an authorization and appropriat
i was very honored and excited to join the obama administration. i actually stayed for the entire 8 years. but when i went over initially to work on wounded warrior issues and then bought, moved around and ended up working on the suicide prevention office and then got moved again and again and again and just some extra, you know, that's the life of the political appointee. but it was at the defend suicide prevention office that i made my disclosures and, and that's when things really went...
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and it's not during the obama administration. second term of the clinton administration we did an awful lot with the pen. you know, it was not a concept that was enevented. it came out of -- invented. it came out of increasing partisan gridlock in congress. the answer is how you fix the gridlock in congress, not how do you stop all government from functioning. in the absence of a congress that is legislating, you can't ignore if all the a problems. youwh can't overstep the bounds either. we thought the debate was very important. i'm nototad sure all add administrations take a similar view that those boundaries actually matter. we didn't want to cross the boundary. we only wanted to do things that we thought were constitutional and legal. but if you get into a situation where the president says i'll throw it against the wall and maybe it won't go to court, that's pretty dangerous. i think we're at a time now where we've already seen some experimentation on that. >> so we've talked about this shift in the way policy making was bein
and it's not during the obama administration. second term of the clinton administration we did an awful lot with the pen. you know, it was not a concept that was enevented. it came out of -- invented. it came out of increasing partisan gridlock in congress. the answer is how you fix the gridlock in congress, not how do you stop all government from functioning. in the absence of a congress that is legislating, you can't ignore if all the a problems. youwh can't overstep the bounds either. we...
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obama administration? >> jet and probably ants that better that i could. one of things we have not touched on and i wonder if jack would agree with this. one of the things that really contributed to the success of the obama white house in the first term was a really almost flawless transition. transitions there is a popular misconception that it began upon the election of a new president. successful transitions begin a year before. they are absently critical in laying the groundwork for presidential governing. the 911 commission found a half-baked transition as the results of the recounts from the clinton white house to the bush white house may have contributed to 911 for being unprepared for 911. the fraught transition in 2020 the bloodieston transition since the civil war which i write about in my book somehow happened in spite of everything. and biden's team was it really y superb and overcoming that. but the transition to the obama white house to the bush white house. all youf have to remember is on th
obama administration? >> jet and probably ants that better that i could. one of things we have not touched on and i wonder if jack would agree with this. one of the things that really contributed to the success of the obama white house in the first term was a really almost flawless transition. transitions there is a popular misconception that it began upon the election of a new president. successful transitions begin a year before. they are absently critical in laying the groundwork for...
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the process is ensuring that any obama biden administration records are appropriately in the archives. that statement coming from the special counsel president biden yesterday area and as we said, those documents are getting a lot of attention in the wake of the rate of former president trump's mar-a-lago -- the raid of former president trump's mar-a-lago home. it was posted on his troops social account yesterday where it said that the many homes of joe biden -- these documents were not being classified. president trump and his social account yesterday. we show more action around capitol hill and washington but we want to hear your reaction to this story about the classified documents being found at the private think tank here in washington dc ending back to the obama administration. democrats independents (202) 748-8002 and we have a democrat from florida. go ahead. caller: i'm curious to see if there hypocritical yet again. joe biden cap documents in his house, trout cap documents in his house but we see so much democracy in democrats democrats accused trump of trying to subvert the
the process is ensuring that any obama biden administration records are appropriately in the archives. that statement coming from the special counsel president biden yesterday area and as we said, those documents are getting a lot of attention in the wake of the rate of former president trump's mar-a-lago -- the raid of former president trump's mar-a-lago home. it was posted on his troops social account yesterday where it said that the many homes of joe biden -- these documents were not being...
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i had deep roots in the clinton administration by the end of the obama administration, i became evidence i didn't let people into the inner circle because i'd been there for so that people thought i started out there. i think there are a lot of people in in the inner circle who came from the outside and, you know, i think it if you look at the people who were influential in the white house, there were lot of women in that circle. i mean, i mentioned kathy rumley a few months ago. she was very serious player in portant policy decisions. valerie was a very she's going be here later today, a very serious player. you know when sylvia burwell was at omb and hhs, a very player. so now nancy-ann deparle and deparle who's here today, you know. so it's yeah, i think it's fair to say that if you play basketball with him, it was not necessary really a question of your gender. i declined the invitation because i said mr. president, you lose all respect for. james. did you have a question? sure. secretary lew, you mentioned earlier the debt limit crisis experience. the goal here is obviously not to m
i had deep roots in the clinton administration by the end of the obama administration, i became evidence i didn't let people into the inner circle because i'd been there for so that people thought i started out there. i think there are a lot of people in in the inner circle who came from the outside and, you know, i think it if you look at the people who were influential in the white house, there were lot of women in that circle. i mean, i mentioned kathy rumley a few months ago. she was very...
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you were then asked by the obama administration to go to the pentagon. what were you 1st asked to do there? and why was there such turmoil when you arrived? well, so the term why it wasn't when i arrived, it was after i made my disclosures, i was very honored and excited to join the obama administration. i actually stayed for the entire 8 years. but when i went over initially to work on wounded warrior issues and then got moved around and ended up working on the suicide prevention office and then got moved again and again and again. and to some extent, you know, that's the life of the political appointee. but it was at the defend suicide prevention office that i made my disclosures and, and that's when things really went sideways for me. mm hm. so you are at the pentagon and you finally feel comfortable. tell us what it was that you saw that made you uncomfortable for that 1st time. what was the nature of your initial whistle blowing? yeah, so, you know, it doesn't take long to be at the pentagon and realize how complex and complicated things can be over
you were then asked by the obama administration to go to the pentagon. what were you 1st asked to do there? and why was there such turmoil when you arrived? well, so the term why it wasn't when i arrived, it was after i made my disclosures, i was very honored and excited to join the obama administration. i actually stayed for the entire 8 years. but when i went over initially to work on wounded warrior issues and then got moved around and ended up working on the suicide prevention office and...
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i had deep roots in the clinton administration by the end of the obama administration, i became evidence i didn't let people into the inner circle because i'd been there for so that people thought i started out there. i think there are a lot of people in in the inner circle who came from the outside and, you know, i think it if you look at the people who were influential in the white house, there were lot of women in that circle. i mean, i mentioned kathy rumley a few months ago. she was very serious player in portant policy decisions. valerie was a very she's going be here later today, a very serious player. you know when sylvia burwell was at omb and hhs, a very player. so now nancy-ann deparle and deparle who's here today, you know. so it's yeah, i think it's fair to say that if you play basketball with him, it was not necessary really a question of your gender. i declined the invitation because i said mr. president, you lose all respect for. james. did you have a question? sure. secretary lew, you mentioned earlier the debt limit crisis experience. the goal here is obviously not to m
i had deep roots in the clinton administration by the end of the obama administration, i became evidence i didn't let people into the inner circle because i'd been there for so that people thought i started out there. i think there are a lot of people in in the inner circle who came from the outside and, you know, i think it if you look at the people who were influential in the white house, there were lot of women in that circle. i mean, i mentioned kathy rumley a few months ago. she was very...
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foreign policy that they prepared for the obama administration. they have not been declassified. with pulse crjpes from the bus administration officials. i was in a discussion earlier this week actually. i thought it was an instructive example of the model transitions that you described. are there other lessons you would say? >> every present numbers in his own way. there is no cookie-cutter model you can stick to. but having said that, what i found in writing my book, really since hr holden, the nixon white house, ironically because became the poster boy for watergate. every president has strayed from at his peril. jimmy carter thought he could govern the white house without a white house chief of staff. he didn't have one for two and half years. completely miscast. it wasn't until the final year of his presidency that he realized he had to have a chief and he found a guy named jack watson. it was too late to really help carter. i think bill clinton spent all of his time picking his cabinet to the detriment of his white house staff. he really pic
foreign policy that they prepared for the obama administration. they have not been declassified. with pulse crjpes from the bus administration officials. i was in a discussion earlier this week actually. i thought it was an instructive example of the model transitions that you described. are there other lessons you would say? >> every present numbers in his own way. there is no cookie-cutter model you can stick to. but having said that, what i found in writing my book, really since hr...
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mark: are you not amaze a governor that this administration like the obama administration is ensuring tens of billions of dollars flow into ironic to rearm themselves? and then flow into hamas and hezbollah that iran is now destroying yemen? tehran is destroying iraq you are familiar with iraq. iran is behind the palestinian terrorist. the hamas of chairs in the hezbollah terrorists they are tremendously growing power in the middle east and our response to beat seems to be to browbeat israel and number two to rearm and fund the enemy. does this make any sense to you? works exceptionally bad thing. and mark, this week the 40th anniversary of the marine corps barracks bombing in beirut lebanon that killed two and 20 u.s. marines over 240 of our service members. that was founded and orchestrated by iran through hezbollah. when i was in iraq you mention serving on active duty iran was responsible for killing hundreds of our service members may be even over 1000 u.s. service members in iraq at the hands of the iranian backed militias. we have numbness ever since ayatollah took power in 197
mark: are you not amaze a governor that this administration like the obama administration is ensuring tens of billions of dollars flow into ironic to rearm themselves? and then flow into hamas and hezbollah that iran is now destroying yemen? tehran is destroying iraq you are familiar with iraq. iran is behind the palestinian terrorist. the hamas of chairs in the hezbollah terrorists they are tremendously growing power in the middle east and our response to beat seems to be to browbeat israel...
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biden administration i was in the obama administration as well but the line administration hasbeen so clear and focus on equity making the priority . when we tend to this look at transit there's so much about transit which is just inherently on equity from day one. obviously transit systems and to serve more low income communities, people with disabilities. seniors, so many groups that are regular transportation systems that we adequately provide for and also as a major source again of contracting opportunities so there's so much about transit which checks the boxes on equity to begin with but you know this and a lot of folks know this and this room, there's a lot more that we can do. our focus on the teacher transit investments are getting the communities most in need, never stops. one thing to be involved in is when i was on the mte board, things that a lot of you are grappling with now particularly in the most covid area. looking at where investments go, looking at all the ways the system is very equitable. you can be focused on unity that need that service. one thing though many o
biden administration i was in the obama administration as well but the line administration hasbeen so clear and focus on equity making the priority . when we tend to this look at transit there's so much about transit which is just inherently on equity from day one. obviously transit systems and to serve more low income communities, people with disabilities. seniors, so many groups that are regular transportation systems that we adequately provide for and also as a major source again of...
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this is something the obama administration also faced. they were able to basically handle it, basically take a strong stand that made a difference. the biden administration is now trying to do that, too. it is proving to be very difficult for them. we've got an in-depth report coming up on that next. a lot to get to. stay with us. us e that a good da. is about to become a bad one. but then, i remembered that the world is so much bigger than that, with trelegy. because one dose a day helps keep my asthma symptoms under control. and with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler, trelegy helps improve lung function so i can breathe easier for a full 24 hours. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. trelegy contains a medicine that increases risk of hospitalizations and death from asthma problems when used alone. when this medicine is used with an inhaled corticosteroid, like in trelegy, there is not a significant increased risk of these events. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase risk of thrush and in
this is something the obama administration also faced. they were able to basically handle it, basically take a strong stand that made a difference. the biden administration is now trying to do that, too. it is proving to be very difficult for them. we've got an in-depth report coming up on that next. a lot to get to. stay with us. us e that a good da. is about to become a bad one. but then, i remembered that the world is so much bigger than that, with trelegy. because one dose a day helps keep...
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it's interesting to join the biden administration as you mentioned i was in the obama administration as well but the obama administration has been clear in its focus on equity and making that a priority. when we came into this particularly looking at the transit there's so much about the transit that is inherently about equity from day number one. obviously the transit systems tend to serve the income communities and communities of color, people with disabilities, seniors, so many groups that are not always adequately provided for. and also as a major employer and major source again of contracting opportunities. so there's so much about transit that kind of checks the boxes on equity to begin with but i think that you know this and a lot of folks know this in this room there's still a lot more that we can do. our focusan on making sure that the transit investments are hitting the community's most in need and something that never stops. one thing i've gotten to be involved in what i was on the board with the new york city dot commissioner and things a lot of you were grappling with no
it's interesting to join the biden administration as you mentioned i was in the obama administration as well but the obama administration has been clear in its focus on equity and making that a priority. when we came into this particularly looking at the transit there's so much about the transit that is inherently about equity from day number one. obviously the transit systems tend to serve the income communities and communities of color, people with disabilities, seniors, so many groups that...
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and after a few years on capitol hill, the obama administration asked her to organize the defense suicide prevention office. would you ever saw disability policies impacting wounded warriors ment to health care accessability, suicide prevention and diversity and inclusion? jackie survived a period of great turmoil at the pentagon, serving under 10 under secretaries and 12 supervisors in only 8 years. in 2014 jackie began working for a politically appointed supervisor, who seemed to be hostile to her after she made legally protected disclosures regarding possible conflicts of interest and possible contract fraud. she was moved to another chain of command and soon after found that her performance ratings were being lowered and job openings were being close to her. she filed whistleblower complaints with both the office of the special counsel and with the defense department's office of the inspector general for purely bureaucratic reasons, jackie never received any satisfaction from her whistle blowing, and indeed in the end, she lost her job and was deemed in eligible for federal retirement
and after a few years on capitol hill, the obama administration asked her to organize the defense suicide prevention office. would you ever saw disability policies impacting wounded warriors ment to health care accessability, suicide prevention and diversity and inclusion? jackie survived a period of great turmoil at the pentagon, serving under 10 under secretaries and 12 supervisors in only 8 years. in 2014 jackie began working for a politically appointed supervisor, who seemed to be hostile...
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the trump administration said no. the obama administration said yes. the biden administration says yes. most scholars who work on the issue say, yes you should. this is a global problem that requires a global solution. it doesn't make a lot of sense to think about it ending at the borders of our country. but there is some disagreement on that. that's step one. at least when i was in the administration, there was no real dissent over whether they should be a global issue. it clearly should be. step two, how do you evaluate damages across the rest of the world? this is one of the more unfortunate features of the framework that the government is currently using. basically the value is scaled to the level of income in the different countries. there is the approach -- it says, lives in sub-saharan africa are worth may be a penny on the dollar of lives in the united states today. >> in a moral sense, they skillet with income to the people? -- they scale it with income to the people? >> economists try to say is not a moral judgment. but at the end of the day,
the trump administration said no. the obama administration said yes. the biden administration says yes. most scholars who work on the issue say, yes you should. this is a global problem that requires a global solution. it doesn't make a lot of sense to think about it ending at the borders of our country. but there is some disagreement on that. that's step one. at least when i was in the administration, there was no real dissent over whether they should be a global issue. it clearly should be....
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that meant that your job literally ended at the moment that the obama administration left office, even if you had to keep up the fight for your retirement benefits into the trump administration. did that time constraint help or hurt your ability to blow the whistle? and so i had really hope that the office of special counsel would have been more helpful in allowing me to stay on in a, in a like a career or non career position with, uh, the, and there are different authorities. they could have used to do that. well, my case continued, i honestly got it from 2015 to 2017 that we wouldn't, we wouldn't be dragging this on. and the, the one issue that gave me a start a to continue my case was because what the d o d had done was they converted the position from a political to a career position, which then gave me with the lower rice because i had applied and was trying to remain in the position as a career position. so my political appointee status really didn't matter for the case. but my employment ended when the obama administration ended and nobody after that was willing, of course, to b
that meant that your job literally ended at the moment that the obama administration left office, even if you had to keep up the fight for your retirement benefits into the trump administration. did that time constraint help or hurt your ability to blow the whistle? and so i had really hope that the office of special counsel would have been more helpful in allowing me to stay on in a, in a like a career or non career position with, uh, the, and there are different authorities. they could have...
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it was a little blurry during the obama administration but it is getting more sharply defined. dareen: we are mentioning russia a moment ago. the war in ukraine, what we found recently was vietnam did not vote when it comes to the u.n. generally assembly resolutions, vietnam did not vote with the west, condemning russia's invasion of ukraine. there must be growing pressure on vietnam from the west, particularly the united states, to side with them on the ukraine issue. are you surprised vietnam is playing a balancing act here? donald: i would not be surprised by that. there is no reason for vietnam to condemn the russians in ukraine. what does ukraine mean to vietnam? they have every reason to want to remain on half decent terms with russia. there is no reason for them to condemn the russian invasion of ukraine. they can see it as not their immediate concern and why should they get involved. dareen: for the sake of time, i am jumping in. en, -- ian how important is the , russian vietnamese relationship when it comes to trade issues, oil and gas? ian: i think for oil and gas, ce
it was a little blurry during the obama administration but it is getting more sharply defined. dareen: we are mentioning russia a moment ago. the war in ukraine, what we found recently was vietnam did not vote when it comes to the u.n. generally assembly resolutions, vietnam did not vote with the west, condemning russia's invasion of ukraine. there must be growing pressure on vietnam from the west, particularly the united states, to side with them on the ukraine issue. are you surprised vietnam...
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this is something the obama administration also faced. they were able to basically handle it, basically take a strong stand that made a difference. the biden administration is now trying to do that, too. it is proving to be very difficult for them. we've got an in-depth report only next. a lot to get to. stay with us. dren. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise. i noticed i wasn't as sharp as i used to be. my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said "yeah, i'll try it out." i noticed that i felt sharper, i felt like i was able to respond to things quicker. and i thought, yeah, it works for me. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need. that's my boy. ♪ stay off the freeways! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ way back in 1982 we took care of about forty kids onand had to turn away over two hundred and fifty. it's the emotion of that moment that said man that
this is something the obama administration also faced. they were able to basically handle it, basically take a strong stand that made a difference. the biden administration is now trying to do that, too. it is proving to be very difficult for them. we've got an in-depth report only next. a lot to get to. stay with us. dren. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise. i noticed i wasn't as sharp as i used to be. my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said "yeah, i'll try it...
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he had actually worked during the bush administration had carried over to the obama administration and five months into the obama administration he headed to a foreign post somewhere. so as a courtesy, president obama invited the family in for what was supposed to be just a quick greeting and photo, stay in front of the desk and then young jacob, i think it was five at the time, had the presence of mind to say, mr. president, my friends tell me that my haircut is just like yours. wow and with that, barack obama bent over. jacob touched his head. it's happened so fast. look, i've cut his dad's head off so compositionally not the perfect composition. but. but the fact that i precisely got the moment because there's only one picture, one click, but you can his eyes and you see his hand touching his head and like i didn't even know what i had. even though with digital camera you look looking back at the camera because like, you know, there was like all kinds of stuff going on that day. i never really looked back. my camera. and later that day, one of the photo editors that was looking thro
he had actually worked during the bush administration had carried over to the obama administration and five months into the obama administration he headed to a foreign post somewhere. so as a courtesy, president obama invited the family in for what was supposed to be just a quick greeting and photo, stay in front of the desk and then young jacob, i think it was five at the time, had the presence of mind to say, mr. president, my friends tell me that my haircut is just like yours. wow and with...
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administration. >> now the bush administration. what is it? >> a health concern part? no particulate matter is very fine. soott and carbon particles, cao they're innocuous, okay by them. they're innocuous. there's nothing in them. they have no effect. epa has all this testing on real live human beings.
administration. >> now the bush administration. what is it? >> a health concern part? no particulate matter is very fine. soott and carbon particles, cao they're innocuous, okay by them. they're innocuous. there's nothing in them. they have no effect. epa has all this testing on real live human beings.
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questions about the iran nuclear deal when he was treasury secretary and the obama administration. some ergonomic is alleged he was not forthcoming about the deal financial implementation. he denied the allegations. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] click. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [background noises] >> the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. today's hearing carries great importance for the united states, israel and the region. the attacks by hamas over ten days ago in israel of the deadliest day for juice since the holocaust. objective elevate and wheelchairs, burning people alive, killing babies in front of parents, not only horrific and barbaric but methodically planned and carried out. hamas started a war. we need someone to reinforce the message the united states stands shoulder to shoulder the united states with their response of a terrorist attack. we need someone with the remarkablehe selfless per
questions about the iran nuclear deal when he was treasury secretary and the obama administration. some ergonomic is alleged he was not forthcoming about the deal financial implementation. he denied the allegations. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] click. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [background noises] >> the senate foreign...
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and the obama administration didn't do it. and it has to be said that today the biden administration doesn't do it in terms of our forces in poland that were mobilized there to deter russian aggression and reinforce naito. i know because i asked and the unit disagreed, but they had higher levels of the biden administration. it was not a i approved, but there were opportunities to get close to the action because this was a war where we worked with a vast array of partners, all in partners who will take you. they didn't have any particular requirements about security, namely your security. and so i was able to go with the peshmerga in mosul in sinjar. i was able to go with the iraqi counterterrorist service. and in in west mosul and i was able to interview general mazloum in syria and also on positive side on the military. well, there was no formal embedding process. i was able to do what they call a battlefield circulation and where you move around the battlefield. but general townsend and people like colonel pat work, who was
and the obama administration didn't do it. and it has to be said that today the biden administration doesn't do it in terms of our forces in poland that were mobilized there to deter russian aggression and reinforce naito. i know because i asked and the unit disagreed, but they had higher levels of the biden administration. it was not a i approved, but there were opportunities to get close to the action because this was a war where we worked with a vast array of partners, all in partners who...